Chick sexing project

[mymilliefleur]

View attachment 553317 View attachment 553319 Hi everyone, I am a new chicken owner and am positive about my other girls being hens but I have ONE in question that might be a Roo. Out of my flock I have 10, different breeds and colors. I have 3 black Australorps, and one of them seems a little different than the other two. I'm thinking she might be a HE! Any opinions are greatly appreciated The first pic shows the chicken in question next to one of my other australorps and my barred rock girl. The rest of the pics are close ups of the chicken in question. They are all about 8 weeks old.

Yes, that does look like a pullet.

I currently have six cuckoo maran chicks. Here is three that i believe to be pullets. They're two weeks old. Displayed in the same order in both group photo and individual photos.
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They do look like pullets, but its still too early to accurately tell.

 

[mcclucker]

I would be interested in this too. Breeds I'm raising right now -
Delaware
Speckled Sussex
Golden cuckoo Marans
Welsummer
Swedish flower hen

I also have pics of Golden laced Wyandotte (pullet and rooster from hatch to maturity)

 

[chiquitita230]

Happy to contribute! I have 12-week old SLW, EE, and SS. I have lots of detailed pics at 11 weeks and some at the 6 week mark. Let me know when and where to upload the images.

This upcoming album would have been invaluable to me a couple of months ago!

 

[Helle]

5 week old cuckoo marans...

 

[slantrhymes]

Three 3-week-old D'Uccles at left. You can already see the difference between the cockerel in the back and his two sisters in front.

 

[Chicken mommy Jen]

Hi All,

We have started a project to assemble collections of photos to help people trying to sex their chicks. What we are aiming for, for each breed included in this project, is a collection of photos showing chicks of both genders at as wide a variety of ages as possible, up to an age where differences between male and female are obvious. Such a resource will allow people to see at a glance how old their chicks should be before they have a go at discriminating males from females. For most breeds, it should be possible to use such a collection of photos to either confirm or dismiss previously suggested diagnostic features, and it may even be possible to identify new features to help pick out birds of one gender or the other.

The most valuable photos will be those that show the same chicks at a variety of different ages, ranging from before to after their gender is apparent from the photos. Moreover, these photos should clearly show those features that are most useful for discriminating the gender of the relevant breed. Such series of photos are not nearly as easy to find on the internet as one might think! If you already have such a series of photos that you'd be willing to share, that's great. If you don't, but are currently (or shortly to be) raising chicks, please consider taking regular photos of them as they grow older, until they are old enough that their gender is clear. If you have a run of more than one chick of a particular breed, such a series of photos could be particularly useful, but of course you should make sure that the identity of individual chicks can be tracked through the series. In many cases this will be possible due to individual markings of the chicks, but if the chicks are sufficiently similar it may be useful to mark them yourself in some way (e.g. by loosely tying coloured ribbon or thread around their legs), or by putting a spot of waterproof marker pen on their beak.

Anyone interested in contributing to this project should get in touch with me. Together with Rob (aka Nifty-Chicken) I have set up a very rudimentary prototype showing roughly what form the resource could take (for just a couple of breeds) here:

https://www.backyardchickens.com/web/viewblog.php?id=102688-sexing-different-breeds

I'm tinkering away with this, but Rob and I are hoping that soon this project will get to a point where it will be possible for contributors to add photos themselves. However, we're not quite there yet, and until then, it would be really helpful if you could make yourselves (and the breeds you are interested in) known to us (so we can contact you when the resource is ready) and start assembling series of photos of chicks of known age and (initially) unknown genders. Also, spread the word – the more people contribute to this resource the more helpful it will be. The breeds that we cover will be determined by the breeds that people show an interest in, but basically any breed that can't be sexed straight after hatching would be suitable for inclusion.

Thanks in advance for your interest!

Mark

Can anyone tell me what gender my chickens are?

 

[ChickenMomma258]

I'll take any help with breed and sex of our babies - they are 6 weeks old today!

 

[Mari F.]

Hello, I would like some help to find the breed and if my chicks are pulley or cockerel. When I bought them the farm guy said they were Olive egger but I'm not sure.
CHICK 1
4 or 5 weeks old

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CHICK2
5 OR 6 WEEKS OLD

Thank you for your help!!!

 

[codycc13]

sorry for the duplicate first picture

 

[ambabya]

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Pullet
Roo
Roo
Pullet

I'm not sure on the silkies... lol